PINCHOTJNDORSED
Irrigation Congress Upholds His
Forestry Policies.
IS CONCESSION TO HIS CRITICS
Work of Government Bureaus De
veloplng West Approved Timber
and Stono Law Indorsed.
Albuquerque, N. M., Oct. 3. The
struggle in the National Irrigation
Congress between the supporters and
opponents of the present government
forestry policy resulted in a sweeping
victory for the friends of Chief For
ester Pinchot yesterday. With a few
recommendations for change in the
forest regulations the congress adopt
ed resolutions -indorsing the forest
service as well as other government
ourcaus conceived in the work of dc
vclopmcnt and reclamation. It also
took advanced ground in favor of
conservation of natural resources in
general.
The resolutions give sweeping in
dorscmcnt to the work" of the rccla
mation service, the forest service and
the geological survey and ursre on
congress continued support and in
creased appropriations for all of these
bureaus; jjrge the repeal of the tim
bcr and stone act, "to the end that
the accumulation of the nublic lands
in the hands of a few great corpora
lions may dc arrested'; urge the
speedy creation of the southern Ap
palachian and White mountain na
tional forests; ask coneress for an
adequate appropriation for the use of
the hydrographical division of the
geological survey to determine by ex
perimcnt and measurement and obser
vation the practical effects of erazincr
and lumbering on the supply of water
tor irrigation and on the erosion of
the sod and that such investigation
extend over the various watersheds,
both in and out of the national forests
and that such investigation be prose
cuted simultaneously throughout all
the states and territories of the and
and semi-arid west."
. . .
v strong resolution against tree
sugar is included, also resolutions for
the creation of immigration bureaus
by the western states and territories:
requesting co-operation with the na
tional conservation commission, a
conservation committee of the irriga
tion congress being authorized; urg
ing that the Carey act be made ap
plicable to the territories; indorsing
the movement to hold a session of the
congress in Washington in 1910, to
be known as an international congress
on irrigation, and asking appropria
tions Irom the state and the federal
governments for this congress; and
authorizing the present congress to
appoint a committee of five, to be
known as the congressional commit
tee. charged with the duty of urging
the recommendations of the irrigation
congress.
PERMIT NO SHORE LEAVE.
Admiral Sperry Decides to Run No
Risk of Cholera Infection.
Manila. Oct. 3. Rear-Admiral
Sperry has finally decided not to land
any men here and to maintain a prac
tical quarantine of the ships during
their stay. Admiral Sperry discussed
the question with Governor-General
Smith this morning, and the above
action was determined upon.
There are still several new dases of
cholera daily, and it was decided that
it would be safest and best not to take
anv chances of its spreading to the
fleet. The officers will be allowed
brief shore liberty under close restric
tions.
Forty steamers and launches, gaily
decorated paraded today around the
outer lines in which the flcet is an
chored. Governor-General Smith and
Brigadier-General A. L. Mills, accom
panied by their staff, and Frank
Strong chairman of the general re
ception committee, boarded the flag
ship Connecticut and spent a half hour
with Rear-Admiral Sperry. Rear-Admiral
Soerry returned their call later
n the day.
Harriman Orders New Cars.
Chicago, Oct. 3. It was. announced
here yesterday that the Pullman Car
company will begin delivering an or
der for 220 steel passenger cars for
the Harriman lines within 00 days.
The order is but a starter of orders
that are to be placed for steel cars by
all the bie railroad lines, it is stated.
The adoption of the steel cars was de
cided upon after a long series of ex
periments conducted by the Harriman
lines. The cars arc to be steel shells
with but very little wood in their con
struction. ,
Orders Mammoth Painting.
New York. Oct. 3. A prominent
firm of scenic artists has received an
order from the United States govern
ment for the execution of an enor
mous cvclorama for the Alaska-Yukon-Pncific
exhibition at Seattle.
The contract calls for a picture on 30,.
000 square feet of canvas, represent
ing mmtnfin ' scenery of Alaska.
There w:,l be besides, minor views of
' Crater Lake, Or., studies from the
Grand Cmvnn of the Colorado and
Yellowstone Park.
Hole Inch Deep Burned.
San Fmnctsco, Oct. 3. While sit
ting 'he receiving instrument of
the wireless te'egrnph station on Rus
sian Hill yesterday, L. T. Crow, an
opemto-- received a shock of e'ectric
jty that burned a hole an inch deep in
the marble top of the table on which
the instrument was resting. Crow es
caped with slight injury, and esti
mated that 30,000 volts passed through
bis body.
CAR JUMPS TRACK.
i
Six Men Killed and.SIx Others Injured
Near Scappoose.
Portland, Oct. 2.Six men killed
nhd six injured. That was the toll
claimed by a sudden shower of rain
which wet the tracks on a steep spur
of the Portland & Southwestern Log
ging railway, just as a construction
train was ncaring the summit of a
hill at a point eight miles north and
west of Scappoose, early yesterday
afternoon.
Five men, in charge of the train
and crew, were on the locomotive.
These escaped. Twelve men were on
the one gravel car which was being
pushed uphill by the locomotive when
the runaway occurred. Not one of
these men got away unhurt. They
clung to the car as it swept back down
the hill and jumped the track at a
sharp curve. Three of them were
killed outright, two more died while
being taken to Scappoose, and an
other died after being brought to the
Good Samaritan hospital at Portland.
None of the unfortunate 12 had
seemed really to understand their
danger until their car had leaped the
track and death and destruction were
in their midst. The locomotive went
around the curve easily. The car fol
lowed, but just as it swung clear the
momentum sloughed it aside. The
pin which held it to the locomotive
snapped and the big engine continued
its mad flight on the tracks to the
bottom of the grade, where it stopped
on an uphill stretch.
PEARY OFF FORSPOLAR SEA
Steamer jErik Returns With Latest
News of Explorer.
St. Tohns. N. F. Oct W,;n
safely transferred a large supply of
stores to tne reary Arctic steamer
Roosevelt at Etah, West Greenland,
tne auxiliary steamer Erik has ar
rived back in this nnrt
The Roosevelt left Etah on August
18, bound north through Kane basin,
xvenneay cnannel and Kobeson strait
It is the exolorer's nlatv either tn n
ter the Polar sea or to reach a point
from which he can easily get to Cape
Columbia by February next. Then he
niaic a u.mji across tne ice noes
toward the oole.
The Roosevelt has on board three
Americans beside Commander Peary,
the regular crew of the steamer, 25
Eskimos and 350 dogs. The Eskimos,
Captain Bartlett said, are eager to
assist tne explorer.
The Erik started nn tier return
voyage to St. Johns on August 20.
in uavis strait tnp .riK struck an
iceberc. which hntterprl hfr hmvc
above the water line. She made the
harbor at Mukowik, Labrador, where
she effected temporary repairs, then
proceeded. The remainder of the
voyage was witnout incident.
EMBEZZLED TENMILLIONS.
Danish Minister of Justice Sold Titles
and Decorations.
Copenhagen. Oct. 2. Havincr fixed
the amount of his actual thefts at
from $9,000,000 to $10,000,000, the
Danish government is attempting to
determine to what extent the default
ing former minister of justice, Alberti,
profited by the sale of titles and dec
orations, in which he is asserted to
have done a wholesale business for
14 years. The inquiry promises to be
intensely embarrassing to scores of
prominent men whose elevation to
the aristocracy Alberti. is said to have
secured on payment of heavy sums,
which he afterward lost, along with
his stealings, in unlucky speculation.
The skill with which the fallen minis
ter covered up these transactions is
seriously handicapping the investi
gators. lrom Alberti himself they
are getting little assistance, the cul
prit hav'ng utterly collapsed since his
surrender to the police. Physicians
say there is no pretense concerning
the partial loss of his memory, and it
is the general opinion that he will not
live to be punished.
Failures crowing out of his opera
tions continue to be of almost daily
occurrence. Of the former minister's
thefts about 55,000,000 were from
large banks and syndicates, and the
balance from private individuals and
commercial houses.
Former Premier Christensen, who
though suspected of no personal dis
, . -1 , ,i i .
Honesty, aiaeu woeru to raise inuncy
through public channels to such an
extent that he was forced to resign,
has spent entire days under painful
cross-examination by the investi
gators.
Tom Lawson Very Sick.
Boston, Mass., Oct. 2. Thomas W.
Lawson. author of "Frenzied Fi
nance," is seriously ill at his home in
this city. His private secretary an
nnuncpH vpsterdnv that the financier
was suffering from grip, but it is
feared the real trouoie is tne res.nu
1 breakdown following his
arduous work during the past few
years. It was said at his office that
he would be coniineu to ins nomc ior
several days. It is rumored among
the brokers, however, that his condi
tion is more serious than is admitted
by his family and employes.
Japs Watch Maneuvers.
Camp Atascadero, Cal., Oct. 2.
The presence of several Japanese here
watching the maneuvers of the troops
has -led to the rumor that they are
spies looking ior information as to
American military activity. The Jap
uiese have been here for several days
watching the arrival of the troops and
the working of the artillery. Some
soldiers declare they have noticed
notebooks, in the hands of the Jap
anese, but tin's has not been verified
Chinese Empror Insane. -Pekin,
Oct. 2. -A peculiar mental
terangement from which the Chinese
moeror is suffering Ins been puz
'ing the attendants at the rnyn' nil
ce for some time and yesterday, a
consultation' of the most eminent phy--irisns
in China was called by the
-oress dowager, to discuss the cn'
f their royal patient
I OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
DYNAMO WRE6KS MILL.
Ton-Ton Fly Whool Leaps Hundreds
of Feet.
Hood River. Failure of the gov
erning machinery to work on the big
dynamo of the Oregon Lumber com
pany at its power plant at Dee caused
the electric generator to run away
and wreck the plant. Part of the
10-ton flywhc'el which exploded was
blown across the river several hun
dred feet. The accident put 150 men
out of employment.
Although many men were employed
in the vicinity of the accident, no one
was injured, the electrician escaping
by being absent from the building.
The plant cost the company $50,000
and was the first electric power plant
to be used in operating a sawmill on
the coast. The accident is a doubly
expensive one to the company, as in
addition to the loss by damage to the
power plant it is expected that the
big mill, which was cutting from 150,
uoo to 200,000 feet of lumber a day,
will have to remain idle a month be
fore repairs can be made.
Electrical experts have been sent
for and everything will be done to
push the installation of new machin
ery at once.
Money for Indians.
Klamath Falls. Every man, woman
and child on the Klamath Indian res
ervation is to receive $50.35 within the
next 10 days. This represents the dis
tribution, of $52,500 interest now due,
and 10 per cent of the principal, of a
sum placed to their credit several
years ago, paid for lands which be
longed to the Indians and which the
government appropriated. Part of the
money received for the land was set
aside for the building of irrigation
ditches, purchase of cattle, etc.. and
$350,000 'was placed on interest for
them at 5 per cent. Seventeen thou
sand five hundred dollars interest is
now due them and the Indians, in ad
dition, asked for 10 per cent of the
principal.
Frosts Thin Out Crop.
Salem. Though the prune crop is
light, averaging in different localities
from one-half to two-thirds of a crop,
all of that which matured will be
saved. The quality is good, size large,
and growers are much encouraged
For what there is of the crop, on ac
count of the quality and size, growers
will receive more than last year, when
prices were considered good. Lon
tracts arc being made on a basis of 4
cents, and the average seller will pull
out much better than last year. From
3 to 5 cents is being offered for the
field run. Beca.usc of the fine weather
that has prevailed throughout the val
ley during the last three weeks condi
tions for drying have never been more
favorable.
Ready to Drill for Oil.
nntnrin Tim mnrdiinerv for the bie
oil rig of the Ontario Co-Operative Gas
te Uil company nas arrivcu. iiiia in
the heaviest drilling rig over shipped
tn thn atntn of Orepon and is heavior
than any rigs used in eastern oil fields.
It is used only in tiio ueep iieius or
California. It is what is known as n
Iip.ivx' Rt.nndnrfl Ttifr anil the machinery
alone weighs more than 00,000 pounds.
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.1X1 UUUillUU LU IUU Ult4;illli; J i v.". luf-tvi
of 12J.inch pipe casing has been re
ceived. .
Bie Irrigation Project.
La Grande. At a meeting held to
(liscuss mctnocis anu ucvisc jjiuus iui
fl nrnmntinn nf thn bier irrigation
project that is now tho source of great
interest in this vaiicy, committees
were appointed to cover the entire
valley in a canvass for subscriptions.
A considerable portion of the amount
necessary to assure success in the un
dertaking has already been subscribed
and there is but little doubt that
within a few weeks the project will
be well, under way.
Headquarters at Pilot Rock.
Pendleton Pilot Rock is to bo
headquarters 'for tho Armour com
nonv'i fnoAinrr in nnstcrn Orccron. ac
cording to plans announced that tho
big packing firm Unci purcnaseu grounu
for feeding quarters in that hriving
village. Good transportation, an im
mense production of grain and hay and
tho abundance of livestock ranged upon
tho hills aro the cause for the project
ing of tho new enterprise.
New Factory for Albany.
Albany. A. J. Caldwell is planning
to remove his hose factory from Stay-
. . Alt .1 n r n tlf nlnnf
ton to iuaiiy .um ohib !
materially. Caldwell, who is a former
Linn county young man, was m mis
city recently discussing the proposed
i . . ...lit. !ni,t 1n c i n c c m p n rinri
Cilall(c i" wvt ....... .... -
was assured enough support to justify
tne erccuuii ui a. ub
Horses to Philippinos.
Klamath Falls A. band of 30 horses
rn! tn thn railroad 1)V
,T. Frank Adams of Merrill, on routo to
tho Philippine islands. Tiiey woro
fine specimens of Klamath horBes. L.
Stowart. a government horso-huyor, is
oxpocted to arrivo In Klamath county
shortly, looking for polo ponies and ar
tillery horses.
Frosts Hurt Hops,
Salem. Hop-picking proper has
Hosed in the valley fields and what
hops remain to be picked can be eas
1v cleaned up during the next week,
rt is very fortunate for the unusual
lieaw frosts have damaged the un-
oicked hops.
$10,000 for Lincoln.
Wnlilnnrt Ttlflfrfi John II. SCOtt Of
thn Orogon Good Roads commission
."kc to a inrpo crowu or umcuiu cuuu
v business mon last wcok. An effort
"1 l e mado to socuro an appropriation
tmnnn from tin leninlaturo.
LAND CONCENTRATION.
Big Farmers Aro Acquiring Control
of Eastern Oregon Tracts.
tho most Impor
tant 1,1,1, lotrlnl tnmlnne.ioH of eastern
Orogon is the rnpld concentration of tho
farming lnnds into tho hands of ft few
nvn Tliitf vnnr Mm nnnnnous wheat
orop of Umatilla county was harvested
by lower mon timn ovor potoro. op
tion after soction of tho best wheat
nnd is boing bought up by tho big farm
ers who already own ninny Bquaro nillos,
and tho farms aro boing gradually aban
doned by thoir former ownors, who aro
moving in largo numhora to tho now
whont districts of Aluorta.
In tho Athena district ovor 100 farm
nrn linvn nnlil nut tn thn nast 15 months
and moved away, most of thorn to Can-
nda, and tho land is now ownou anu
fnrmod bv whoat kincs wnoso prestige
in innrnntilnrr frnm vrnir tn VOftr. TllO
only increased sottlomont in nuy por
tinn nf ITinntilln. e.ntintv in in tho Irri
gation districts, whore small tracts aro
hnltirr limmlit nn irrniTirnllv liw HOW sot
-i' o s f ,
tiers and whero groat development, is
loouou ror.
Beet Sugar Yield.
La Grando. An avorngo yield of 05
bushols to tho aero is tho result ob
tained by tho management of tho farms
belonging to tho Amalgamated Sugar
company on tho 2,000-acro Jinn rnncn
near Union this year. Tho Hall ranch
has been considered, horotoforo, as a
pioco of land that was not on a par with
tho rest of tho Grand Konde valloy, for
tho reason that a part of it was too wot
for successful fanning, and a part of it
was vory dry. But this season tho
sugar company has employed loo men
on tho farm, kept 40 teams busy, nnd
by intelligent effort so drained tho wot
land and irrigated tho dry that tho
crop of small grains, consisting of
whont, oats and barloy, averaged 05
busuels'to the acre.
Packing Plants Ready.
Hosoburg. Tho two largo pruno-
packing plants in this city hnvo com
pletcd tho work of installing the now
machinery, and nro now ready for tho
fall Tun of packintr. H. a. Uilo & Vo.
havo added several now and up-to-dnto
equipments for tho handling of ovap
orated prunes, and thoy expect to pack
moro than 50 carloads this season. Tho
E. W. Tilson & Co.'s plant has added a
now boilor, nnd nlso now machinery
throughout, besides Hovcral additional
rooms for tho uso of storing and pack
ing. This plant will hnndlo upwards of
it) carloads or prunes this soason.
Eccles at La Grande.
J;a Grande. David Eccles, tho sugar
magnate, spent ono day hist wcok at Ln
Grando, and in compnny with F. S,
Bramwcll, ono of his local lieutenant,
mado a trip from Austin, tho present
terminus of tho Humpter valloy rail
road, through Harnoy county. It is
given out that tho trip was mndo to
inspect a proposed routo for an oxteu
sion of tho Sumptor Valloy railroad to
connect tho O. It. & N. with tho Gould
transcontinental line.
Lumber Is Scarce.
AVnldport. There is a groat scarcity
of lumber in tho western part of Lin
coin county and a number of parties
who havo bought Waldport property
with tho intention of building have
been unable to secure material. As soon
as tho river gots high enough a great
deal of contracted lumber will he
brought down from tho Alsoa mill.
Newport is also suffering a lumber
iamino.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 89c per bushel; forty
fold, 92c; Turkey red. 92c; fife, 89c;
blucstcm, 93c; valley, 91c.
Barley Feed. $20 per ton; rolled,
$27.50(S28.50: brewing. $20.50.
Oats No. 1 white, $3131.50 per
ton; gray. $30fa)30.50.
Hay Timothy. Willamette valley,
$14 per ton; Willamette valley, or
dinary, $u ; eastern Oregon, $10.30;
mixed. $in; clover, $9; alfalfa, $11; al
falfa meal. $20.
Fruit Apples, new, OOcr5$1.50 nc:
box peaches, 4080c per box; pears,
75c(?7$1.00 per box; plums, 50cg;$l.o0
per box; grapes, 40c$1.25 per crate;
Concords, 20(riJ25c per basket; huckle
berries, 810c per pound; quinces,
$1.2561)1 50 per box; ground cherries,
75c per box; cranberries, $10 per bar
rel. Potatoes 8090c per hundred;
sweet potatoes, 2c per pound.
Melons Cantaloupes, 5075c per
crate; watermelons, JtfiUc per pound;
casabas, $1.752 per dozen.
Vegetables Turnips, $1.50 per sack;
carrots, $1.75"; parsnips, $1.75; beets,
$1.50; artichokes, 05c per dozen;
beans, 3((i)4c per pound; cabbage, ljc
per pound; cauliflower, 2575c per
dozen; celery, 75c$l per dozen; corn
75c$l per sack; cucumbers, 1520c
per dozen; egg plant, S0c(3$1.25 per
crate; lettuce, $11.25 per box; pars
ley, 15c per dozen; peas, flc per pound;
peppers, 810c per pound; pumpkins,
ltfSlic per pound; radishes, 12ic per
dozfcn; spinach, 2opcr pound; sprouts.
10c per pound; squash, He per pound;
tomatoes, 00(fi70c.
Butter City creamery, extras, 32jro
34c; fancv outside creamery, 3032k
per pound; store, 18c.
Eggs Oregon extras, 31n2c;
firsts, 27tfi30c; seconds, 23(g!20c; east
ern, 2528c per dozen.
Poultry Fancy hens, 13jMc;
spring, ll?i15c; ducks, old, 12l2lc;
spring. 14L1c; geese, old, 0c; young
10llc; turkeys, old, 17(5)18c; young
20c.
Veal Extra, Oc pcr pound; ordinary
7(?iV7ic; heavy, 6c. .
Pork Fancy, 8jc per pound; or
dinary. flc; large, 5c.
Hops Oregon, 1008. 7c per pound'
1907. 2i(Jj34c; 1000, llffiHk.
Wool Eastern Oregon; average
best, 10(?ilflc per pound, according to
Mnkage; valley, 15(?Dl5jc.
Mohair Choice, 1818lc pound.
IRRIGATION CONGRESS.
Hot Dobato Expoctod on Foroat Ro-
orve Policy.
All.nmmrmio. N. M Sopt. 30 Tho
procoodlngs of tho oponlng sonslon of
!. intii NTnllonal Irrlirntlon OongrosB,
which convonod In Convontlon Hall, In
this city, at 10:30 ycBtorday, woro im.
proBslvo, and 1,500 dolegatos and 2,000
f t.t.. ,l,n nrnivdotl tllO DallOriOft.
woro moved to ropontod demonstra
tions. ... , .
It Is ovldont that this congress Is to
..I... u. ...nlnr nnrtlnn of Hi tlmO to
dlHcusslon of tho roclnmntion of public
land and conservation, oi natunu ro
Bourcos, nnd It la llkoly thoso dlBcun
..i...... ...... inn.l tn illfTnrnncoa of, opinion
on phases of tho govornmont policies,
particularly tno iorcsiry pui"j. -
Boaman, of Donvor, Colo., will nddross
todnv on "Forostry
Sorvlco," nnd It Is Intimated that such
criticism of tho Borvico as may uo in
dulged In will como nt that tlmo. Tho
livestock Interests nro woll roprcBontod,
and thoir dosiros as to tho resolutions
urging govornmont regulation of tno
public domain ami nnuomu luienm muj
proclpitnto sharp discussion.
A movement hna appeared, bnckod by
a numbor of well-known mon, to mako
tho irrigation congress a pormanont
working organization, with hondquar
tors and n secretary, whoso duty would
bo tho collection of data and informa
tion for tho ubo of tho congress In fur
ti,nrj,wr Tioi,inil lncisliitlon nnd nrous-
Ing public Interest In reclamation nnd
conservation worn io uu wiuuimnun.
Tho movomont is finding favor nmong
tlm .lnlftrvntftfl.
A notnblo featuro of tho congress lo
I A il..
tho nbBonco or men prominent or ncuvo
in politicnl nflalra, and tho prcaonco of
an iinutfiml nnmlier nf men who nro nc-
tivo workers in tho prnctlcnl flolda of
roclnmntion, anu wno mno up u usi. ui
speakers of exceptional strength. Tho
iiHiml nxunsition. for which coiiltchs an
propriatod $30,000, and which hna
brought togothor tno iincflt dismay ot
irrigated products ovor nsBomblcd In tho
ITnltml States, wna formnllv ononod
yestordny by Governor Curry of Now
.Mexico, lonowing a pnrauo oi mo
troopu of tho Department of tho Colo
rado, ordered iioro ior tno exposition
Donnrnl Ttnll. etitnf nf (itn(T. nml Hi-icil
fllnr-flnnfirnl Thninnn. enmnihnillnrr thn
Department of tho Colorado, took part
III lliu imiiiuu.
A vlnnrniiH fli'lit In nnilnr tvnv lin
tween l'uoblo, Colo., and Spokane,
1 1 r i. . , i . ..(. . . i
gross.
INCREASE FREIGHT RATES.
Railroads to Make Advance RothWays
First of Year.
Chicago, Sopt. 30. January 1 tho
transcontinental railroads hopo to bo
nhlo to incronso tho froight rates on
moro than 80 commoditios west-bound
and on about 20 commodities enst-bound
between all oaatorn points and the Pa
cific coast.
Conferences aro boing hold frequently
with a view to reaching an agrcomont
na to what commodity rates should bo
increased and what should romnin nt
present rates. Ycstorday traffic men
admitted that nit of the commodities
woro being gono over with a view to
making increases whero nossiblo and
equitable. It is stated that nil of tho
commodities on tho list, which includo a
number of largo consumption and largo
tonnage, havo borne ridiculously low
freight ratca fur years. This fact, it is
maintained. Is duo to old comnetltion.
which was wont to cut a rato in ordor
to got business irrespective of whether
or not it paid.
Tho proposed increases, if thoy bo
como oltcctivo, will bo from ovory terrl
tory cast of tho Missouri river to the
Pacific const and will nvorngo belwoon
5 and 8 nor cent nbovo tho present
rates. It is hopod thnt moat of tho In
creases can bo ngreed upon, nnd it Ib
oxpocted thnt tho rnilronds will bo nhlo
to make them efToctivo Jnnunry 1, 1000
Two Towns Wiped Out.
Marinette, Wis.. Sent. 29. A soak
ing rain, which began Saturday even
ing and continued until yesterday
morning, has extinguished the forest
fires in Marinette county. Before the
rain came tne towns of Ooll and
KinRStnan. on the Wisconsin & Mich
igan railway, were wiped out, and six
or eight families had to flee for their
lives. The town of McAlcstcr was
saved by the residents, assisted by
volunteers from Marinette. The loss
to Senator Stephenson and the Sawyer-Goodman
company in standing
timber will be large. Other com
panies on the Menominee river also
lost heavily .in standing timber.
Court Knocks 0-Hour Law. .
Madison, Wis., Sopt. 30, Tho au
promo court of Wisconsin yesterday do
clnred unconstitutional tho railroad
tolographors' eight-hour law, Intro
ducod nt tho 1907 seHsion of tho loL'ia
laturo, Tho decision la bused on the
contention that tho Btato Jaw conflicts
with tho provisions of tho fodornj con
stitution giving concrcBa tho power to
rogulato Intorstato commerce It ia nlso
given na a bnais for tho finding thnt
congress nlroadv has nassod a law fir.
ing tho hours for tho employment of
rnnrona toiogrnpiiors. tiio decision la
tho result of a test enso.
C. P. Strike Ncars End.
Winnipeg, Man., Sept. 30 It la. ox
poctod horo that tho Canndinn Pacific
strike will ond hoforo midnight. It la
known that dologntcs loft horo Sunday
night for Montronl to bco Tliomnf
or nugimcHKy, or tho Canadian Pacific,
with torma autlBfactory both to the
western strikers and tho westorn Inter
osts of tho railroad company, If the
-1.-11.. I -! , ,,
nvrino js (lecwnxi on it win bo tun ro
suit of n compromise, lenving tho sltua
tlon tho anmo as whon tho atriko wnr
called,
Surveyors Penernl to Meet,
BoIho, Idaho, Sopt, 30,D. A. Uttor
urvoyor-gonornl of Idaho, hna Invite1
ho Burvoyors.gcnora! of Orogon, Mon
nnn, Washington. Wyoming, Colorado
'nvndn nnd Utnh to moot horo at n
io to ho named lator for tho purposr
nniriwnV "lform plans for con
ducting thoir work.
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una ui iijrj fOfli
PREPARED
FOR THE BUSY IEA&L1
Loss ImnoHnnt n. .
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mi nr KnnnN
' h'8 irom P6tnti
Outstdo tho State.
Deaths from the flood in Imu
now estimated at ftO.ooo. dl
A son of Admiral Evani m.,.. .
court-martial on several zlm
l.ongwortn proposes that R .
run for presided cig,!?1
San Francisco saloonmen act,.
one of the po ice cantaini I !
tcmntcd extortion. p,a,n, cI
C! . .
ivibuiis were injured at In. i
gclcs by the collision of a ,S Aj
ginc and an electric car, ch
.. ..U.K.U..H1 ironucr and BuW.
is preparing for war. m
j he Congo Independent State t.n
holds King Leopold's rulf ,i "il?
Mi.n uimuci nave occn practiced.
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Utah Demnrr.ite t
William K niff hi ii li!. j; j.. .'
L'nvrrniir mis iiimap m..l .
nw ub m mukr iuiiiv.1 mil i ir it rnu.
iiic imniiiiauon.
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together with the 111 livrt ,i.
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iui uvuti why anu iuiiv ouu.uuu vaaii
u'fi (nr ci(riiimifn ti tilt A.
ijcm engineers, uuuuuciors gciijftr
I'rnnpr win nnrwr Kii(i3 in i mm
to iimkc isuiirana ctvc iurkeyaea-
putcd line ot rniiroau.
er, will visit New York.
T)AAaitilt Una I ! i m Asf mwi TmmI
tion to visit Australia.
me- n m t v 'T rftr C 4nr1 t f
t.:n-.i . m NMki
jurcd.
open on Sunday.
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h AMcr iminrr nnr lnm tiiel
Itllv J liw vmo ' O 1"
ported to be at a otammiii.
in.-t- nnA. (,nn, iho ritv fl'.rtt-
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.,arl,i n nftitinn for a O00BU
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vote on a new oruinancc.
tions will follow.
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visit China In Novemuer.
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bIiico the breakdown of II. H. Bop
iloruort nnox bbi T 7...1
tor or ox-oonaior uiuui
mi.- T..ltn Trnn u-nrkl. OM ol
pioneortf of San Francisco, U to go
of business. This firm has built bo
than COO vessel.
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great losa of lUo m wu -wntora
of tho Musi river.
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Northern I'actne ih"
miles wont of Mlssouln. I
tlon wna discovered by the engine
tlmo to atop.
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klllml after receiving warning n
k nnn nnn nnnnlo now UV ?fc'
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iinitmi Mtniea nru um--. mi
sumption. w
ally in this country b -
onso.
Austria's design ngamst iw
opposed by Russia.
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Bian hospital nurses and ca
panic. . ..
The first football death of J
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Pckln, where he was rcee'v
trrcat (Jcrcmony.
stay away from tl'f I
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Japan will soon witimraw -
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